BROCKTON -- Police said a teenager was hit by a car on Forest Avenue Friday night, marking the second time in two days that a child was hit by a vehicle in the city.

The 17-year-old was riding a bike when struck, police told WCVB. The incident occurred shortly after 9 p.m.

Police said the driver remained at the scene and the car has since been towed away.

The teenager was taken to South Shore Hospital. Police told WCVB that he was alert and conscious when he was transported.

As of Friday evening, police were unable to provide the identities of any of the individuals involved or any other details about the accident.

The incident was the 11th time that a child has been hit by a vehicle in Brockton this year.

Aug. 15: Nazaire Nunes-Escobar was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer while he was rollerblading on Battles Street. The Rollerblades were a gift that Nunes-Escobar had received for his 12th birthday, which he was celebrating that day.

June 10: Joseph Ashcraft was holding the hand of his 3-year-old daughter, Caitlin, as they crossed Main Street when they were suddenly knocked to the ground by a school van. The two were shaken up, but uninjured.

June 27: Jenayhea Pascal, 7, was crossing from the Hancock Elementary School to 124 Pearl St. when a white Mercury Mountaineer traveling south went around a car that had stopped for the pedestrians.

June 2: Mhaleeya Moncoeur, 3, of Brockton was flown by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital after the child was struck by a car on Fuller Street while running to an ice cream truck.

May 15: Three students, ages 6, 7 and 8, escaped serious injury when a car allegedly driven by Yainira Boria hit them while they crossed the street to catch their school bus on Warren Avenue.

April 23: A 10-year-old child riding a bike in Brockton was struck by a car at the intersection of Glenwood and Spring streets. The injuries were not life-threatening

April 9: Zeydan Fortes, 6, was struck by a car while crossing the street with his mother and brother outside his house on West Chestnut Street in Brockton.

April 2: Victor Gomes, a 7-year-old Angelo School student, had his leg broken in two places after he ran into a moving car on Main Street. Police later issued the driver a citation for leaving the scene.